Germany Outlaws Burning CDs Made From Illegally Obtained Music

[Jorge]

New copyright law criminalizes the use of music obtained from illegal file-sharing.
<p>Last Friday Germany's upper house of parliament approved a controversial new copyright law that makes it illegal for individuals to make copies of music and movies if they were obtained illegally. </p>
<p>Pushing aside criticism from consumer protection groups, the Bundesrat passed the law which now outlaws private copies of content gotten from sources like illegal P2P and file-sharing networks. </p>
<p>Set to take effect in 2008, consumer groups and the Green Party alike tried to include an exemption
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[enter8]

I keep racking my brain as to why the German gub'ment is being such nitwits when it comes to it's menacing stance on filesharing.

It's not like Germany has a massive amount of copyrighted material to protect. How many films do they put out a year? Who's your favorite German pop star? You know what I'm saying?

My best guess is that it's some roundabout way of kissing U.S. behind.

Whatever the reason, we're seeing a very sharp political divide between Germany and it's neighbors to the North (Belgium and the Netherlands) and to the East (Romania and Russia). A VERY sharp political divide.